The Baker and the Beauty

The Baker and the Beauty is an American romantic comedy-drama television series developed by Dean Georgaris that premiered on ABC on April 13, 2020.[1][2] The series is an adaptation of the Israeli romantic-comedy series Beauty and the Baker. The original version ranks as one of the highest-rated scripted series ever in Israel, and its episodes have been streamed on Amazon Prime Video.[3] The American version is being developed and executive produced by Dean Georgaris, Becky Hartman Edwards, David Frankel, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Assi Azar and Rachel Kaplan for Universal Television. In June 2020, the series was canceled after one season.[4]

The Baker and the Beauty
Genre	Romantic comedy-drama
Based on	Beauty and the Baker by Assi Azar
Developed by	Dean Georgaris
Starring	Victor Rasuk Nathalie Kelley Dan Bucatinsky David Del Río Michelle Veintimilla Belissa Escobedo Lisa Vidal Carlos Gómez
Music by	Siddhartha Khosla Joachim Horsley
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	James Chory David Frankel Becky Hartman Edwards Peter Traugott Rachel Kaplan Assi Azar Avi Nir Alon Shtruzman Elad Kuperman Dean Georgaris Steve Pearlman
Producer(s)	Nick Pavonetti
Cinematography	Florian Ballhaus Brian J Reynolds
Editor(s)	Elena Maganini Jennifer Hatton Leon Martin Scott Boyd
Running time	40–43 minutes
Production company(s)	Dean Georgaris Entertainment 2.0 Keshet Studios ABC Studios Universal Television
Distributor	Keshet International NBCUniversal Television Distribution (United States) Disney–ABC Domestic Television (International)
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	April 13 (2020-04-13) – June 1, 2020 (2020-06-01)
External links
Official website

Cast

Main

• Victor Rasuk as Daniel Garcia,[5] a baker at his family's business, Rafael's Bakery, who enters into a whirlwind romance with supermodel Noa Hamilton.
• Nathalie Kelley as Noa Hamilton,[5] a famous Australian model and entrepreneur attracted to Daniel.
• Dan Bucatinsky as Lewis,[5] Noa's manager who seeks to protect her image at all costs.
• David Del Río as Mateo Garcia,[5] Daniel's younger brother and a DJ known as MC Cubano.
• Michelle Veintimilla as Vanessa[5] a realtor and Daniel's controlling ex-girlfriend.
• Belissa Escobedo as Natalie,[5] Daniel and Mateo's younger sister who has high expectations placed on her by her parents.
• Lisa Vidal as Mari Garcia,[5] Daniel, Mateo, and Natalie's mother.
• Carlos Gómez as Rafael Garcia,[5] Daniel, Mateo, and Natalie's father, and the owner of Rafael's Bakery.

Recurring

• Georgina Reilly as Piper, Noa's best friend and part of her entourage, fully supportive of her and Daniel's relationship.
• Madelyn Sher as Amy, Natalie's love interest

Episodes

No.	Title [6]	Directed by	Teleplay by	Original air date [6]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	David Frankel	Dean Georgaris	April 13, 2020 (2020-04-13)	2.66[7]
On the night of his four-year anniversary, Daniel Garcia runs into Noa Hamilton, a famous model, shortly before his girlfriend, Vanessa, dumps him when he refuses her marriage proposal. Noa, claiming she feels bad for him, picks Daniel up and offers him "three wishes" for the night. They visit a restaurant owned by Noa's friend, where the two begin to realize how attracted they are to each other. Daniel uses his first wish, which was to have Noa call his little sister, Natalie, and offer her advice on how to handle starting a new school. While at a club, Noa's ex-boyfriend, Colin Davis, tries to win her back. Her manager, Lewis, reveals to Daniel that Noa has a history of fooling around with strangers, and that she doesn't really love him. Daniel leaves in disgust and walks home, but discovers the next day that his family's bakery has dozens of new customers after Noa gave them a shout-out on social media. He then finds Noa waiting for him outside, saying she still owes him a third wish.
2	"Ruin My Life"	David Frankel Steve Pearlman	Dean Georgaris & Becky Hartman Edwards	April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)	2.82[8]
To make up for yesterday, Noa invites Daniel to her birthday party. Things quickly become complicated when Vanessa tracks him down and asks him to meet her for a date. A food critic places a large order at the bakery. While preparing it, the oven breaks and the family is able to finish only part of the order. The critic is impressed nonetheless and decides to give the bakery a good review. Natalie meets Amy, a fellow student, while out shopping. Daniel is about to leave for his date when Piper asks him to stay, as Noa needs a shoulder to cry on since she hates her birthday due to her father never showing up and her mentally-incapacitated mother being unable to attend. Daniel takes her to the beach, where they skinny-dip and kiss. Noa asks Daniel to come with her next week to Puerto Rico. Vanessa, enraged that Daniel stood her up and convinced that she can force him to return to her, starts plotting a plan to ruin his new relationship.
3	"Get Carried Away"	Joanna Kerns	Valentina L. Garza	April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)	2.46[9]
Daniel accompanies Noa on a charity trip to Puerto Rico, but they still have to keep their relationship a secret. During lunch, they meet a local street food chef named Ruben. Noa films Daniel's conversation with Ruben. Later, Noa has a meeting with a director, Melanie Caan, who offers her a role in her new movie. However, it's revealed that Colin is also starring in the movie and that he's the one who got her the part. After seeing Colin talking to Daniel, Noa decides not to take the role. Due to a broken water main, Noa and her team are forced to find a new venue and new caterers for Noa's charity gala. With Daniel's help, they're able to move the gala outdoors and get Ruben to help them by having local street food at the gala. Vanessa helps Mateo land a gig as a DJ. Mari invites Amy over for dinner. Natalie and Amy almost share a kiss, but Natalie freaks out and sends Amy away. Noa and Daniel sneak away from the gala and kiss when they think they're alone, but don't realize that someone is taking pictures of them.
4	"I Think She's Coming Out"	Erica Dunton	Albert Torres	May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)	2.28[10]
After being caught sneaking pastries out of the bakery for the last few weeks, Daniel's family insists that Noa comes over for dinner to meet them. Noa excitedly agrees and the family goes into overdrive trying to make things perfect, with Mateo bailing on his gig set up by Vanessa and Natalie inviting Amy over to join them (as they had been preparing to go to the movies that night). Initially, the dinner goes smoothly, until Noa inadvertently outs Natalie to the entire family, followed by Vanessa showing up to bring Mateo soup after the latter faked a sore throat to get out of his gig. She is furious that Noa was invited to dinner, prompting Daniel to go and talk her down. He says that his love for Noa is not just a fantasy, and that he and Vanessa will never be happily ever after. Meanwhile, as Noa goes to leave, she discovers that the paparazzi have found out her location which was given away by Lewis, who was on a date and was overheard by his waiter. Rafael sneaks Noa and Daniel out, but a tabloid reporter catches them. Weighing their options, Daniel and Noa decide to go public with their relationship.
5	"Honeymoon's Over"	Jay Karas	Sasha Stroman	May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)	2.35[11]
Noa and Daniel's relationship has gone public. Mari struggles with Natalie's sexuality. Lewis approaches Vanessa and tries to bribe her into signing a non-disclosure agreement. She refuses and sends Daniel a text accusing him of trying to buy her off. Daniel angrily confronts Lewis, telling him how insulting this must be for Vanessa. Daniel asks Noa if she's okay the way Lewis is handling the situation and they have a fight. Later, both apologize and promise to try and adjust to each other's lifestyles. Noa sets up a meeting with the Food Channel for Daniel after sending them his video with Ruben, but the producers seem to be more interested in Noa and Daniel's relationship than Daniel's vision for a TV show. Melanie Caan offers Noa the lead role in her next movie, which is shooting for three months in Morocco. Noa asks Daniel to come with her to Morocco. Kurt, a journalist, approaches Vanessa and reveals to her that Daniel and Noa had actually met shortly before Vanessa's proposal, which angers her.
6	"Side Effects"	Steve Pearlman	Written by : Christina Quintana & Michael V. Ross	May 18, 2020 (2020-05-18)	2.28[12]
Vanessa agrees to sit down for an interview with Kurt Mallick, which raises questions regarding the circumstances of Vanessa and Daniel's break-up. This is all televised live during an interview regarding Noa's upcoming role in Melanie Caan's film, painting Noa as an intruder in Daniel's previous relationship. At the same time, the press coverage of the incident causes Natalie problems at school, resulting in her suspension following a physical altercation with another student. After discovering that Amy has faced disciplinary actions in the past, Mari forbids Natalie from seeing her. Meanwhile, Mateo gives up music after his meeting with a prominent music producer reveals that he really wanted to work with Vanessa. Mari and Rafael discover the construction company they hired to expand the bakery was a scam. They subsequently discover asbestos in the bakery's walls, resulting in temporary closure. After Daniel reveals to his family that he will be leaving for Morocco to support Noa's film career, he is confronted by Kurt Mallick, whom he assaults after he makes a snide remark about Noa, who discovers that her father, whom she was emancipated at 16 years old, is trying to take her company from her. Noa confides in Daniel that she must handle this on her own.
7	"Blow Out"	Mark Polish	Written by : William Harper	May 25, 2020 (2020-05-25)	2.24[13]
In the aftermath of the recent & tumultuous events, the Garcia family is in shambles. Daniel is arrested after assaulting Kurt Mallick, Mateo gives up on his music, and Natalie defies her parents by skipping school to go to a music festival with Amy, despite her mother's warning to stay away from her. Meanwhile, Noa's father uses Daniel's recent arrest as leverage to convince her shareholders to transfer control of her company to him. Lewis talks to Noa's father, who admits that recent financial troubles with clients in Singapore is the main reason he wants to gain control of the company away from his daughter. Vanessa convinces Kurt to drop the charges against Daniel, and the two are able to amicably mend their broken relationship. Noa's father concedes his hostile takeover, and Noa discovers Lewis' medical situation regarding his diagnosis of prostate cancer. Natalie and Mari reconcile after Mari tells Natalie of how her last words to her mother were ones of contempt. Daniel and Noa meet up after everything, where Noa tells Daniel that they should not see each other anymore given all the strife that their relationship has caused both of them. Angered that everything they went through was all in vain, Daniel solemnly walks away from Noa.
8	"May I Have This Dance?"	Melanie Mayron	Written by : Terrence Coli	June 1, 2020 (2020-06-01)	2.71[14]
9	"You Can't Always Get What You Want"	Steve Pearlman	Written by : Valentina L. Garza	June 1, 2020 (2020-06-01)	2.71[14]

Production

Development

In November 2018, it was announced that an adaptation of the series was being developed by Dean Georgaris and David Frankel through Keshet Studios and Universal Television for ABC. The series is one of two collaborations between Georgaris and Universal for the 2019–20 season, along with Bluff City Law for NBC's fall schedule.[15] Georgaris and Frankel are set to write and direct, respectively, and both will executive produce alongside Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, and Rachel Kaplan.[16] In January 2019 ABC ordered the adaptation to pilot.[17] On May 11, 2019, ABC green-lighted the series.[18] A few days later, it was announced that the series would premiere as a mid-season replacement in the spring of 2020.[19] On January 8, 2020, it was reported that the series was set to premiere on April 6, 2020.[1] On January 29, 2020, the premiere date was moved to April 13, 2020.[2] On June 15, 2020, ABC canceled the series after one season.[4]

Casting

In February 2019, it was announced that Carlos Gomez, Lisa Vidal and Dan Bucatinsky had been cast in the pilot's lead roles.[20] Alongside the pilot's order announcement, in March 2019 it was reported that Nathalie Kelley, Victor Rasuk, Michelle Veintimilla and David Del Rio had joined the cast.[21][22][23][24] In September 2019, Georgina Reilly was cast in a recurring role.[25]

Filming

The pilot was filmed in Atlanta while rest of the series was filmed in Puerto Rico.[26]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 86% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 6.83/10.[27]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Baker and the Beauty

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	April 13, 2020	0.5	2.66[7]	0.2	1.25	0.7	3.92[28]
2	"Ruin My Life"	April 20, 2020	0.5	2.82[8]	0.3	1.42	0.9	4.24[29]
3	"Get Carried Away"	April 27, 2020	0.5	2.46[9]	0.3	1.33	0.7	3.79[30]
4	"I Think She's Coming Out"	May 4, 2020	0.5	2.28[10]	0.4	1.31	0.7	3.70[31]
5	"Honeymoon's Over"	May 11, 2020	0.4	2.35[11]	0.3	1.33	0.7	3.67[32]
6	"Side Effects"	May 18, 2020	0.4	2.28[12]	0.3	1.35	0.7	3.62[33]
7	"Blow Out"	May 25, 2020	0.4	2.24[13]	0.3	1.33	0.7	3.56[34]
8	"May I Have This Dance?"	June 1, 2020	0.5	2.71[14]	0.2	1.18	0.7	3.87[35]
9	"You Can't Always Get What You Want"	June 1, 2020	0.5	2.71[14]	0.2	1.18	0.7	3.87[35]

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External links

• The Baker and the Beauty on IMDb